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Article: OSHA updates PPE standards. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration; personal protective equipment)
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- Modern Casting
- Article date:
- June 1, 1995
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Personal protective equipment revisions require more training and responsibility for employees and more active roles for employers.
As the first national safety and health law, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established standards requiring employers to provide their workers with workplaces free from recognized hazards that could cause serious injury or death. The Act covers more than one million employers and more than 90 million employees throughout the U.S.
Personal protective equipment (PPE), a major part of the Act, is designed to protect workers from health and safety hazards that cannot practically be removed from the work environment. In ...